Reform synagogues often have a service on Friday evenings, but not one on Saturday morning. Some may do both, but the ones I've been in have only had the Friday service. Orthodox synagogues will always have a substantial Saturday morning service, usually 3 hours long, with some worshipers staying this whole time, and others coming in later or leaving at various times.
The Orthodox service is primarily in Hebrew. The Reform service may have some Hebrew but will be mostly in the vernacular (local language). The Reform prayer book usually has a line of Hebrew, with the English translation directly under it, while Orthodox prayer books (siddurim) have a page of Hebrew, and the facing page in English.
The sexes are divided in an Orthodox synagogue. In some, there will be a mechitza (dividing wall) equally down the middle, with men on one side and women on the other. In others, the women may be behind the men, usually on a level above them so that they can see the service below.
Dress is more formal in an Orthodox synagogue. The women will be expected to dress modestly, wearing skirts or dresses that are long and not too revealing. Married women usually cover their head, and men also wear yarmulkes (Hebrew: kippah) on their heads. The men also wear tallit (prayer shawls).
In a reform synagogue, there will be varying degrees of formality, but in general, the attendants do not feel the need to dress as modestly and observe all the mitzvot regarding religious attire.
Friday evening reform services usually take place at the same time each week, rather than varying according to the time of sunset. Candles are lit at the beginning of the service, without regard to whether the Sabbath has actually begun yet or not. This would not be done in an Orthodox synagogue because candles are not allowed to be lit once the Sabbath has already begun. So the Friday night Sabbath service in an orthodox synagogue will be held at varying times according to the time of sunset. Women typically bring in the Sabbath at the home, while men are more likely to attend the Friday service. At a Reform synagogue, men and women equally attend the Friday service. However, as many women as men tend to participate in the Sabbath morning service in Orthodox synagogues.
In between the Orthodox and Reform Jewish communities is the Conservative movement, although, the Conservative movement is closer to Orthodox than Reform.
Orthodox follow halacha; Reform don't.
orthodox Jews are traditional and reform Jews have mordenised their traditional ways
In North America: Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist. In the UK: Orthodox, Masorti, Reform, and Liberal In Ireland: Orthodox and Progressive. In Israel: Orthodox (with a small budding Reform population).
No Orthodox groups recognise Reform conversions.
The term "normal Jew" has no actual meaning.If the question intends to ask about the differences between Reform Jews and Orthodox Jews, there are certainly more requirements and difficulties inherent in being an Orthodox Jew.
* orthodox- off branches- Ultra-orthodox, Hasidic, etc. * conservative ( in U.S., elswere maybe reform.) * Reform Or liberal
Yes. My maternal grandmother was Orthodox and married a Reform Jew and she switched to Reform Judaism.
Reform, Recostructionist, Conservative, Orthodox, Ultra Orthodox
In North America, the four major denominations are Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist. In England: Orthodox, Masorti, Reform, and Liberal. In Ireland: there are only two major groups: Orthodox and Progressive.
Generally, Orthodox Jews are those who have not accepted any of the changes made by the various streams of liberal Judaism. The most visible differences have to do with the roles of women. Orthodox Jews generally separate men and women in worship and do not allow women to lead prayers when men are present. All streams of liberal Judaism today allow ordination of women and generally allow mixed worship. There are different prayerbooks used in the Orthodox world, and some of the liberal prayerbooks differ in only small ways from one or the other Orthodox prayerbooks. Some liberal prayerbooks, notably in the Reform and Humanist movements, have differences big enough for non-Jews to notice. Finally Orthodox Jews have the most stringent standards for who is a Jew, rejecting most converts who converted under liberal auspices. Even the most Orthodox Jews, however, accept that most liberal Jews are Jewish, just not very observant.
only about 10% of Jews are orthodox.